“MultiChoice recognizes the importance of respecting the views of its customers and all regulatory environments within which its service operates,” the company said in a statement. The show was removed from the DStv and GOtv channels with immediate effect.
MultiChoice,
Africa’s largest satellite television platform which operates under the
DStv brand in Nigeria, pulled the show from its local E! Entertainment
channel after complaints from Nigeria’s broadcast regulator, according
to reports from Nigeria.
For one transgender woman who opened up to the BBC,
the only way to live was to leave Nigeria. Modern Nigeria’s social ethics are often influenced by conservative religious values from local
Christian and Islamic leaders she said.
Caitlyn Jenner,
formerly known as Bruce Jenner, is a gold medal-winning track star who
set a world record in the decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics. As
Bruce, he became a reality TV star in “Keeping Up with the
Kardashians’’. In 2015, Jenner revealed that she is transgender and has
become a woman, now known as Caitlyn.
Though, she is yet to complete the transition process, as she still
needs to undergo a surgery on sexual organ that will see her change the
male organ to a female’s.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/dstv-kicks-caitlyn-jenners-cait-following-complaints-nigerians/
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